On Monday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update final rule, which updates Medicare payment policies and rates for home health agencies. CMS also released payments in final rules for home infusion and for end-stage renal disease HOME HEALTH AGENCIES

Cigna has teamed with Heal in a value-based arrangement whereby the latter will be in-network for Cigna Medicare Advantage customers, providing in-home primary care for seniors, the insurer said last week. The partnership will take root in four states – Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina – and Cigna’s Medicare Advantage customers in those […]

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra touted the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, passed in August, in getting more people off the rolls of the uninsured and onto coverage through the Affordable Care Act. HHS celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the ACA a day before open enrollment on November 1. “Tomorrow, the first of […]